Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] proved [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was often said later that it was in Switzerland that Muhammad Reza required a sympathy for aspect of democracy , and that his subsequent attempts to reconcile such notions with the governance of Iran proved to be difficult . |
| 2 | The relation of convergence and divergence to arts/science specialisation amongst girls proved to be far from clearcut . |
| 3 | Wigan coach John Monie admitted : ‘ Everything I had heard about Workington proved to be true . |
| 4 | While this latter disqualification had not prevented the marriage of the Duke d'Orléans , son of Louis-Philippe , with Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , it had in practice proved to be inconvenient , as the duchess did not change her faith and had been accused of pushing ‘ the Protestant interest ’ . |
| 5 | Out of 4,000 scientific publications they selected 529 ‘ key articles ’ ( ‘ a key article was defined as one that had an important effect on the direction of subsequent research and development , which in turn proved to be important for one of the ten clinical advances ’ ) . |